It's crazy that with stuff like this this, the almost mandatory use of road cams to ensure you don't get shot (or, perversely, ensure that you can track down whoever cut you up and shoot them) and the seemingly unending alcoholism problem, the USSR era seems almost pleasant by comparison.

Christ, if you think that's bad, look at Nigeria and many other african countries - life imprisonment for being gay, regular lynchings and murders. Hell, people's parents now face life imprisonment if they don't inform the police that their child is gay (it's seen as aiding and abetting an immoral lifestyle and trying to harm society).

Then there's the regular murders all over the world of gay people, the "subtle" discrimination - not hiring people if you find out their gay, without actually saying that's the reason (frequently happens), banning gay people from giving blood or donating organs despite the fact that STIs are increasing far greater among straight people, hospital visitation rights, media portrayals of strereotypes and describing gay people with "hilarious" plays on words involving fairies, back doors, etc and their obsession with "outing" people in the public eye and presenting it as a sordid scandal, discrimination through the tax system etc (couple's pension and inheritance entitlements are different, with gay people entitled to less in the uk - even with the new marriage laws coming in). Then there's the rising levels of hate crime, which were already still prevalent in this country despite what people seem to think. Police don't take homophobic violence seriously, frequently treating incidents as a punch up in a pub rather than a hate crime, particularly when it comes to domestic violence in the gay community, which they and politicians seem to think doesn't exist, or more likely don't want to acknowledge it.

It aggravates me when people think "gay people have it fine now, they should just shut up", because it normally comes from people who actually don't know about the level of discrimination that still exists - domestically and internationally.

And I thought the Russia thing was common knowledge anyway? It hits the news a few times a year, with things like gay pride being banned and stuff like that. Putin is cracking down even harder on it in the last couple of years, and the public only share the view because they're bombarded with so much anti-gay state propaganda. And then there's India and Pakistan, the Middle-East (many of which have the death sentence for gay people, including tourists), China and Asian countries, France, Poland, ex-soviet countries, south america... and that's before you get into the activities of religious establishments like the CoE (who are fuelling and encouraging the Nigeria stuff) or the Roman Catholic Church.

Aaaaaaaaanyway, it's sad to see a country actually taking a step backwards as far as gay rights are concerned. We expect the likes of Nigeria to be anti-homosexual and we kind of expect it and hope they one day will move past it, but to see Russia regressing in this way is disheartening.

Wait a minute. Is choppi a female?
I personally think its disgusting to not like someone because of their sexuality. I like/dislike people based on their personality. I don't care whether they like cock or minge. Or both